 We have had some experience of it: several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means...  Select Pieces - Page 44by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with your's. We have had -- fome experience of it; several of our young people were...instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came hack to us, they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with your's. We have had -- lome experience of it; several of our young people were...northern provinces; they were instructed in all your fciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1815 - 336 pages
...it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it : several of our young people...runners : ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; uAable to hear either cold or hunger ; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it : several of our young people...either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabbin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1819 - 520 pages
...take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it : several of our young people...were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living ijn the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...have had some experience of it : several of our young people were formerly brought up at thecolleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in...hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spok« our language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it : several of our young people...hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it ; several of our young people...; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
 | John Halkett - Indians of North America - 1825 - 430 pages
...had some experience of it. Several of our young men were formerly brought up at the colleges in your northern provinces. They were instructed in all your...to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy; spoke our language imperfectly; were neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor councillors: they were... | |
 | Willard Phillips - Economics - 1828 - 286 pages
...proposed to send his son to Dartmouth College for his education. " Several of our young men," said he, " were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern...sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad swimmers, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer or kill... | |
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